ARTIST STATEMENT

I think the political commitment is contained in any good art, aesthetic divorced from reality to me as an artist or as a viewer doesn’t say nothing. Another nonsense is that engaged art has not aesthetic value. His visualizations is drawn from everyday reality, advertising and mass media. Esthetic snobs can't handle it. For considering, what is art and what is not, it is necessary to admit that those boundaries are not immutable, they are constantly changing. And I like creatively contribute to change and shifting boundaries. Personally, I think that does not exist a difference threshold between a witty demonstration of activists and well made happening.

Myslím, že angažovanost je obsažena v každém dobrém umění, estetično odtržené od reality mě jako umělce ani jako diváka nevzrušuje. Dalším nesmyslem je, že angažované umění nemá estetickou hodnotu. Je to proto, že jeho vizualita čerpá z každodenní reality, z reklamy a masmédií. To estetizující snobi nedokážou vydýchat. A co se týče úvah, co ještě je umění a co už není, je třeba si přiznat, že ty hranice nejsou neměnné, neustále se posouvají a mě baví k tomu pohybu tvůrčím způsobem přispívat. Osobně si myslím, že žádná hranice třeba mezi vtipnou demonstrací aktivistů a dobře udělaným happeningem neexistuje.

BIOGRAPHY

TAMARA MOYZES
Born in 1975, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Lives and works Prague, Czech Republic Education: 2000-05 MA studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Department of New Media, Prague, Czech Republic, 2003-04 Exchange program, The Bezazel Academy of Fine Art and Design, Department of Video and documentary films, Jerusalem, Israel, 1999 The Bezazel Academy of Fine Art and Design, Department of Art, Jerusalem, Israel, 1997-98 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Painting, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 1996-97 Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

Tamara Moyzes' last projects (Artivism) are related to activism and happenings. Moyzes present her strategies concerning her actions in public space and her reaction to actual and social issues, related to the use of media as a tool for political art.

 

Tamara Moyzes is a video artist. Her work is characterized by the orientation on political issues. In her work she does not choose an academic approach but prefers a direct intervention – she does not comment on the reality from a distance but she is a part of the story. People depicted in her fictional documentaries are not real actors and their artistic “role” only emphasizes and completes their real status. To reflect current social contestations she uses a blend of documentary, pathetic and humorous scenes. Parody-like handling of topics is a strategy that does not relieve the situation, on the contrary it presents its fiery nature and content in a form that is not very digestible for us. For Tamara Moyzes video is a tactical and political tool.

Selected exhibitions:

2015 Vot ken you mach? - Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław PL (group), Archive of Desires, Gallery8, Budapest, HU (group), Polish Bourekas, Mamuta Gallery, Hansen, Jerusalem, IL (solo), / 2014 Forbidden ART, Gallery 8, Budapest, HU (solo), “HAVE A LOOK INTO MY LIFE!”, Aubette, Place Kléber, Strasbourg, Graz FR, AUT (group), ARTIVISM, Galerie Kai Dikhas Berlin, DE (solo) 2013 Dictionary, Willy Brandt Center, Jerusalem IL (solo), Vot Ken You Mach?, Kunsthaus Dresden DE (group), Video.Art.Activism, Gallery Kai Dikhas, Berlin, DE (group), Artivism, The Brno House of Art, Brno CZ (solo), Women Commentators, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, PL (group), Die Schweiz ist keine insel - In lästiger Gesellschaft, Shedhalle, Rote Fabrik, Zürich, CH (group) / 2012 Middle east Europe, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague CZ (group), Stimmen der Roma, Munich, Gasteig DE (group),  Reclaiming Identity, Steirischer Herbst, Graz AU (group) / 2011 Mediations Bienale, Poznan PL (group), Czech Center in Stockholm, Welcome to Prague, Sweden (solo), „Protocol“ Mamuta at the Daniela Passal Art & media cente, Jerusalem IL (solo), INTEGRA(C)E, Karlin Studios, Prague CZ (solo) / 2010 Transgression, gallery Videotage, Hong Kong, CN (group), Mute Signs, Barcsay Hall, Budapest, HU (group), SHE DEVILE 4, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Roma, IT (solo), Kick the Habit, Festival SOHO in Ottakring, Vienna, AT (group) / 2009 Formáty transformace 89-09, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, CZ (group), The other kind of blue, Czech selection, Gallery Václava Špály, Prague, CZ (group), Family happiness, Czech Ministry of Culture, Prague, CZ (group), Welcome to Prague, Output gallery, Prague, CZ (solo), Family Happiness, Czech Parlament, Prague, CZ (solo) / 2007 TV t_error, Entrance gallery, Prague, CZ (solo)

Tamara Moyzes je izraelsko-slovenská politická umělkyně, kurátorka a dokumentaristka žijící a tvořící v Praze. Tematicky se zabývá zejména postavením menšin, xenofobií, rasismem, nacionalismem, queer tématikou a konfliktem na Blízkém východě. Sama má, židovské, maďarské a romské předky. Jako Židovka má izraelské občanství. Umí hebrejsky. Cítí se jako kosmopolitka a vžívá se do rolí menšin. Studovala na Akademii výtvarných umění a dezajnu Bezalel v Jeruzalémě. V letech 2000–2005 vystudovala ateliér nových médií pražské AVU. Věnuje se dokumentární tvorbě, videoartu a novým médiím. Tvoří fiktivní videodokumenty, v kterých často využívá parodických postupů, ironie.